On this day in aviation history, 88 years ago (July 26, 1937), pioneering aviator Jacqueline Cochran set a new speed record for women pilots in the United States. Flying a Beechcraft D17 Staggerwing ...
The Beechcraft Model 17 "Staggerwing," launched in 1933, was an innovative and luxurious private biplane featuring a unique "negative stagger wing" design that improved aerodynamics, visibility, and ...
Let us paint the scene for you. The year is 1944, and you're fresh back at home in the U.S. after a tour in the Pacific theater of World War II as an F4F Wildcat pilot during the Battles of the Coral ...